Wedoquella
Appearance
Wedoquella | |
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Male Wedoquella apnnea in Chaco Province, Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Wedoquella Galiano, 1984[1] |
Type species | |
W. denticulata Galiano, 1984
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Species | |
5, see text |
Wedoquella is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1984.[2] They reach a body length of about 5 to 11 millimetres (0.20 to 0.43 in), and are most closely related to Phiale in general appearance.[2] The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters with the suffix "-ella".[2]
Species
[edit]As of September 2019[update] it contains five species, found in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina:[1]
- Wedoquella apnnea Rubio, Nadal & Edwards, 2019 – Argentina
- Wedoquella denticulata Galiano, 1984 (type) – Argentina
- Wedoquella karadya Rubio, Baigorria & Edwards, 2019 – Argentina
- Wedoquella macrothecata Galiano, 1984 – Argentina
- Wedoquella punctata (Tullgren, 1905) – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wedoquella Galiano, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b c Galiano, M. E. (1984). "Descripcion de Wedoquella nuevo genero (Araneae, Salticidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 11: 343–352.
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